Toward a Latin American regulatory state? The diffusion of autonomous regulatory agencies across countries and sectors

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 29, Issue 4-6, 2006, Pages 335-366

  Jordana, Jacint ^a,b   Levi Faur, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT BARCELONA D ESTUDIS INTERNACIONALS IBEI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central banks; Diffusion models; Independent agencies; Latin America; Policy emulation; Policy learning; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745698635     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690500437212     Document Type: Article

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